Novel Montford Park Novels & Stories

~Rylee~ “What do they have over you?” I asked Kara. We are halfway into the drive to Montredon and she’d been huffing and fidgeting on her seat as though it was above a slow-burning fire. “What?” she asked, probably stunned that I was the first to break the silence in the car. Old port to Montredon is a short drive. Twenty-five to thirty minutes based on my navigation app, but the nerves are killing me. It felt like we’d been confined in this can for a lifetime instead of fifteen minutes.

He looked into my eyes, “Promise me, Kaelia. Promise me you wouldn't leave again, no matter what. Chances of me surviving if just got lower,” I giggled, “I'm not going anywhere, Mr Montgomery,” The house was a mansion just next to a beautiful lake. With no one else there apart from us, I guessed it was all private. Freddy led me inside while a couple of servants hauled our bags in. There was a chubby lady waiting for us in the living room when we entered, just like the first day I arrived at the Montgomery mansion. “Good day, Mr Montgomery, Mrs Montgomery,” The difference was, I was a bolder version of myself now.

"It's probably best you don't try any heavy work." "What are you doing?" Aiden lowered himself onto the stoop, sighing with relief as the weight was taken away. "I'm hoping it's not looting," he laughed feebly. "Not that you look the sort to do that." "No Burke and Hare here," Mr Montford forced the door. A stale, musty odour blew forth and several leaves dived to escape the dry prison. "Just a small group trying to help the greater good, not sure how much to tell, or how to tell you."

she replied making the younger woman laugh a bit. "Bye"she said as the car drove off..... By the time the car he had sent arrived,Monti was already awake in his study,he had tried to force himself to focus on work so he wouldn't think about the new nanny,,he hated the fact that he has been thinking about her ever seen he saw her the previous morning,,,he felt that this was madness, He had never wasted an hour thinking of a woman talk less of a day, He needed to get rid of her but how would he do that when the situation demanded for her,he could never let a stranger take care of the girls,so her being Ruby's sister made her perfect for the job except his libido which seemed to be put of cont

Memory. “Pull over here,” I told the driver when we reached the coffee shop. “Wait for me.” She glanced at the meter, then at me in the rearview. “Meter’s running.” “I know,” I said. My voice came out steadier than I felt. I stepped out of the car and froze. Monty leaned against the brick wall beside the entrance like he’d been poured there and left to set. Arms crossed. Cigarette dangling from his lips. He looked thinner than I remembered, all sharp edges and restless energy, like something had been scraping him hollow from the inside.